Greater collaboration and integration between government departments and the NHS is needed to improve health and social care delivery across the UK, according to a “high-level” review.
Shared services are a popular reform for public agencies under financial pressure. The hope is to reduce overheads and increase efficiency by consolidating support services like HR, finance and...
Plymouth council and the local CCG have set up an integrated finance system for wellbeing, covering a large range of services. This was no mean feat given they cover different areas, have different...
Efforts to replicate successful UK reforms elsewhere often fail because global consultancies encourage their application without regard for local context, culture and capability, a think-tank has...
Greater use of technology across a host of local services could unlock millions of pounds of savings for councils, according to a Local Government Association analysis.
In May 2014, the Defence Reform Act passed into law and ushered in radical changes in defence procurement. Two years on, are there lessons to learn for other areas of taxpayer-funded purchasing?
As budgets continue to dwindle, blue light services are having to collaborate to cut costs. A snapshot of how emergency services are working together shows this trend is likely to continue and...
The National Audit Office has called on ministers to set out more details on how devolution in England can be implemented amid increasing risks to the financial sustainability of local public...
Older workers are still ambitious and eager to learn, but often end up on a slow path to retirement. Employers should tap into their long-developed skills and knowledge
A number of action points emerge from exploring the role of public sector non-executives. The challenge will be making them happen, observes Ann Reeder
Non-executive directors are on the front line of defending financial probity and high public standards. They need a very special skill-set to do the job well, argues Zoe Gruhn
Balancing charity objectives with sound financial governance is a tough call for trustees. But it is critical, as the voluntary sector takes on ever more responsibility, writes Dan Corry
Value goes beyond cost – it also embraces patient outcomes and experience, says the Royal Free hospital’s Caroline Clarke, a champion of change and diversity
How should NEDs operate in an era of continuous change? By looking outwards to public service users, not upwards or inwards to official bodies, writes Lord Adebowale
The latest PF Perspectives publication, Holding Public Services to Account: the Role of Non-Executives, offers a wealth of firsthand insight from some of the UK’s leading NEDs, as well as other...
Whitehall non-execs can play a powerful role at the heart of government. But to do that, they need more teeth, writes select committee chair Bernard Jenkin
Staffordshire County Council has improved key outcomes for its public and achieved £150m of savings by transforming itself from a provider of services to a commissioner of outcomes, delegates to the...
Councils could make as much £14.7bn in savings through greater digitisation of services, a review by the Public Service Transformation Network and the think-tank Nesta has found.
